BATH AT SATURNIA

My Maria

2012-01-30T00:10:00.003+01:00

Maria Minerva "kyrie eleison"

Maria Minerva "ruff trade"

Maria Minerva "luv so strong (Ital remix)"

The happy family

2012-01-21T19:57:00.003+01:00

Slapp Happy "the secret"

Slapp Happy "blue flower"

Top au Baleabeat !

2012-01-17T16:49:00.003+01:00

Modern Romance "tear the roof off the moose"

The Woodentops "why - extended mix"

Love Unlimited Orchestra "welcome aboard"

And i wish you...

2012-01-04T18:58:00.002+01:00

The Gordian Knot "the year of the sun"

The Zombies "this will be our year"

Spirits rejoice (now and then)

2011-12-24T12:00:00.003+01:00

Edward Larry Gordon "all pervading"

Teebs "verbana tea with Rebekah Raff"

Expand your mind

2011-12-20T16:23:00.003+01:00

Ghost Note "kapwa"

Bobbie Marie "ship overboard"

A Buckleytful of nuggets

2011-12-16T16:29:00.003+01:00

Tim Buckley "cafe"

Tim Buckley "down by the borderline"

Guilty pleasure : cuisines du monde

2011-12-14T23:40:00.003+01:00

Fatima Al Qadiri "how can i resist u"

Maria Minerva "laulan päikse käes"

The now sound of UK

2011-12-10T13:45:00.002+01:00

Loops Haunt "ark"

Egyptrixx "hiawatha"

La classe internationale

2011-12-09T14:09:00.003+01:00

Mind Fair "Kerry's scene"

IFEEL Studio "morgengruss III"

And i was there...

2011-12-07T13:45:00.003+01:00

What i was expecting ? GUITARS, LOUD GUITARS...

Glenn Branca was conducting his soloists like a rocker with a touch of class.

Disco Dell

2011-11-29T14:12:00.002+01:00

Disconnection "Bali ha'i"

Disconnection "we love you (sweetdance mix)"

Lost files from NYC

2011-11-28T14:21:00.005+01:00

The Dance "she likes to beat"

Last Men "Jimmy Igo"

Love Of Life Orchestra "extended niceties / reprise"

Creepy Kevin

2011-11-20T14:16:00.003+01:00

Kevin Ayers "irreversible neural damage"

Kevin Ayers "song from the bottom of a well"

Shiny Kevin

2011-11-11T23:02:00.003+01:00

Kevin Ayers "circular letter"

Kevin Ayers "decadence"

Spleen

2011-11-08T20:01:00.002+01:00

Bass Clef "so cruel"

Shackleton "deadman - death dub remix by King Midas Sound"

And i was there...

2011-11-06T17:01:00.003+01:00

Yes, mates... the Pixies ! Bossanova tour...

Unfortunatly, i was a little bit disappointed. First, the Zenith hall is too big to my taste. Then, i was just in front of the scene and tried not to be crushed against the fences during all the gig. Finally, the band wasn't much communicative and just play the tunes as on the records... a little bit boring.

In fact, i pretended to my friends that the guest band was better and more fun... which was The Real People (third rate baggy band... remember them ?).

What a wanker !!!

2011-10-21T12:48:00.001+02:00

Blue Daisy "only for you"

Drugg "in those found times"

3∆

2011-10-19T23:30:00.002+02:00

Balam Acab "motion"

Clams Casino "waterfalls"

Water Borders "waldenpond.com"

Dark side of the gloom

2011-10-16T14:10:00.003+02:00

Mark One "devil man"

Too Many People "here come the freaks"

Sea stories

2011-10-12T12:50:00.003+02:00

San Sebastian Strings "the gypsy camp"

Heroes Of The Galleon Trade "winter island romance"

Pacific Horizons "universal horizons"

Basta Battisti !

2011-10-07T12:45:00.002+02:00

Lucio Battisti "la collina dei ciliegi"

Lucio Battisti "l'Aquila"

Lucio Battisti "i giardini di marzo"

Lucio Battisti "anonimo"

And i was there...

2011-10-05T22:54:00.004+02:00

This was the second time i went to see the fannies (see the february entry... in the same concert venue, by the way).

But this time, the place was full to see the band in the peak of their stardom (it was the "Bandwagonesque" year).

Of course, they were fantastic.

Catherine Wheel were quite pallid in comparison... but maybe not?... i don't remember.

I want my punks rough

2011-09-27T18:05:00.003+02:00

The Adverts "no time to be 21"

Snatch "all i want"

Spizz Oil "6000 crazy"

Flowers of Scotland

2011-09-22T15:59:00.004+02:00

Orange Juice "L.O.V.E... love"

Josef K "chance meeting"

Fire Engines "meat whiplash"

Basta Battisti ?

2011-09-19T14:22:00.004+02:00

Lucio Battisti "amarsi un pò"

Lucio Battisti "confusione"

Lucio Battisti "gente per bene e gente per male"

Lucio Battisti "si, viaggiare"

The general

2011-09-15T13:50:00.004+02:00

The Fall "look, know"

The Fall "middle mass"

The Fall "the classical"

The zulus

2011-09-14T12:51:00.004+02:00

Adam and the Ants "Picasso visita el planeta de los simios"

Bow Wow Wow "go wild in the country"

Wide Boy Awake "Billy Hyena (instrumental mix)"

The light brigade

2011-09-13T14:11:00.004+02:00

The Purple Gang "granny takes a trip"

The Hollies "lullaby to Tim"

The Californians "the cooks of cake & kindness"

The Hollies "King Midas in reverse"

And i was there...

2011-09-12T10:22:00.002+02:00

Holiday mix

2011-07-30T13:50:00.005+02:00

lèvres turquoises

Margo Guryan "love"
Northern Picture Library "love song for the dead Ché"
Billy Comfort "wonder of we"
Glasser "tremel"
Factory Floor "-(REALLOVE) - Optimo remix"
Drugg "crooks - Visions Of Trees remix"
CFCF "it was never meant to be this way (piano version)"
Rubies "the keys (Studio remix)"
Love Inc. "life's a gas"
The Heliocentrics "winter song"
Svarghi "replant"
Jarboe & Lary Seven "liquid bébé psychedelia"
Lena Platonos "aimatines skies apo apostasi"
Kate Bush "running up that hill - Ashley Beedle edit"
Modern English "life in the gladhouse"
Margo Guryan "love" (reprise)
The Troggs "summertime"

see ya !

Invasion of the Beardbarian bord

2011-07-27T14:43:00.004+02:00

Barrabas "along the shore"

Supermax "raindance"

Tantra "a place called Tarot - Idjut Boys re-edit"

Something beginning with...

2011-07-23T15:07:00.004+02:00

Hype Williams "farthing wood dub"

Hyetal "searchlight"

Psych-Hop

2011-07-21T22:59:00.004+02:00

DJ Shadow "the number song (Cut Chemist remix)"

Bullion "you drive me to plastic"

Four Tet "glasshead"

Heureusement en France, on ne se drogue pas

2011-07-11T19:40:00.005+02:00

Ophiucus "prenez-donnez"

Ilous & Decuyper "beurk !!!"

Ophiucus "éveil de notre temps"

Jeanne-Marie Sens "tape tape tape"

Ophiucus "djukela"

Sheffield aristocracy

2011-07-07T14:16:00.003+02:00

Cabaret Voltaire "control addict"

The Human League "morale / you've lost that loving feeling"

Harvey's milk

2011-07-04T13:56:00.004+02:00

Locussolus "throwdown (Harvey's long dub)"

Map Of Africa "map of Africa"

And i was there...

2011-07-03T23:09:00.003+02:00

This was of course a really cool memory, everything i liked with mavericks american bands : innocence and true spirit of rock attitude.

The band played at the American Center (now the new cinémathèque française).

Les professionnels

2011-06-29T12:26:00.005+02:00

Harry Nilsson "there will never be"

Dion "sun fun song"

Bob Lind "cool summer"

Psychéric

2011-06-26T23:51:00.004+02:00

Eric Charden "l'homme de cristal"

Eric Charden "avec elle"

Eric Charden "le retour"

Bliss

2011-06-22T14:11:00.002+02:00

Pictureplane "transparent now (thin veil)"

Baghdaddy "hot shit (Creep remix)"

Holy Other "touch"

Slava "anything"

Strange worlds

2011-06-19T21:42:00.004+02:00

Mo Kolours "biddies"

Too Many People "heart of darkness"

Système C

2011-06-18T14:25:00.003+02:00

Le Système Crapoutchik "quand je serai grand"

Le Système Crapoutchik "j'ai regardé passer le temps"

Le Système Crapoutchik "chagrin d'amour"

Revenge of the beards

2011-06-16T14:14:00.004+02:00

Seahawks "oh baby"

Rub N Tug "all 4 U"

Laurel canon

2011-06-07T21:00:00.004+02:00

Laurel Halo "supersymmetry"

Sleep ∞ Over "casual diamond - Laurel Halo remix"

And i was there...

2011-06-04T14:42:00.004+02:00

Well, this was certainly my really first electro-techno-house thing concert.

And it was for sure a revelation.

Everything was fine, the visuals, the mad scientists on scene with their frontal lamps... and of course the music... "Chime", men !

Never stopped dancing.

Stop that beat !

2011-05-29T12:47:00.004+02:00

B+ "b-beat classic"

The Art Of Noise "close-up"

Future jazz

2011-05-25T14:21:00.005+02:00

Underground Resistance "Jupiter jazz"

Galaxy 2 Galaxy "hi tech jazz"

Italian technology IV

2011-05-23T14:04:00.003+02:00

Koto "chinese revenge"

Kano "another life (instrumental)"

Southland tales

2011-05-19T13:55:00.006+02:00

Joe South "hush"

Johnny Jenkins "i walk on gilded splinters"

Leon Russell "out in the woods"

Link Wray "be what you want to"

Guilty pleasure : balearic fruits

2011-05-17T14:18:00.003+02:00

The Grid "central locking / intergalactica"

Bell X1 "flame (Chicken Lips version)"

Phantom Hand Band "bangers'n'mash (sore in the morning but worth it mix)"

Ennio fortissimo !

2011-05-02T16:40:00.003+02:00

Ennio Morricone "un uomo da rispettare"

Ennio Morricone "symphonie pour l'attentat"

Ennio Morricone "ricerca (Senza Movente)"

And i was there...

2011-05-01T20:27:00.002+02:00

I haven't seen the Weddoes during their heyday.

So, when they came in 1995 near my childhood suburb, i get to see them with a friend. Even if at that time, they were not so hype, they managed to be true to their legend : fast, fatless, short... no talking, no "encore"... just as in 1985 i suppose.

I managed to be true to my indie credibility and dance in front of the scene, pogoing in my leather jacket.

Street echos

2011-04-29T14:07:00.004+02:00

Mr Lager "kailas"

Mala "level nine"

The new wave of new goths

2011-04-27T12:26:00.003+02:00

Hyetal "diamond islands"

oOoOO "plains is hot"

Creep "days"

Step (ney) in the right direction

2011-04-20T14:32:00.005+02:00

Rotary Connection "respect"

Terry Callier "you goin' miss your candyman"

Ramsey Lewis and Earth, Wind & Fire "sun goddess"

Minnie Riperton "les fleurs"

Norman normal

2011-04-18T14:22:00.003+02:00

Rare Earth "smiling faces sometimes"

Edwin Starr "stand !"

The Temptations "plastic man"

The Undisputed Truth "down by the river"

Afro harpies

2011-04-16T14:37:00.005+02:00

Dorothy Ashby "myself when young"

Alice Coltrane "galaxy in Satchidananda"

Fuck punk rock, let's make art !

2011-04-09T14:22:00.004+02:00

Frank Sumatra "the story so far"

Methodishca Tune "leisuretime"

Scritti Politti "doubt beat"

Essential Logic "popcorn boy (waddle ya dö ?)"

prag VEC "bits"

And i was there...

2011-04-02T11:54:00.003+02:00

Of course, you'd except something radical and without compromise with M. Albini.

The one thing i renember from that show was the three guys stopping in the middle of a track and mime bombers with their arms... funny.

Spring mix

2011-03-31T11:35:00.005+02:00

blanc étoile filante

Double Fantasy "children of the universe"
((Kode9 & the Spaceape "nine"))
Ulrich Schnauss "here today gone tomorrow"
Maxxi & Zeus "american dreamer"
((Agoria "souless dreamer"))
John Martyn "black man at the shoulder"
Williams "love in a real train (version by Studio)"
A Mountain Of One "warping of the clock"
Wings "loup (1st indian on the moon)"
Laser "super nova"
Mahogany Rush "chains of (s) space"
McLane Explosion "love in space"
Flayer "wanna get back your love"
International Feel Studio "the coptic sun"
Bubble Club "the goddess"
The Grid "face the sun"
Vanessa Daou "near the black forest"
The Carpenters "calling occupants of interplanetary craft"

A Chrisma's gift for you

2011-03-29T14:00:00.005+02:00

Chrisma "black silk stocking"

Chrisma "U"

Daydream nation

2011-03-25T14:30:00.004+01:00

Hype Williams "warlord"

Drugg "crooks"

D'eon "across the sea"

Autre Ne Veut "soldier"

Hype Williams "Mitsubishi"

We're not adult oriented

2011-03-23T18:04:00.003+01:00

Altered Images "i could be happy (long)"

The Regents "7 teen"

The Undertones "nine times out of ten"

Girls At Our Best "getting beautiful warm gold fast from nowhere (Peel sessions)"

Giallo trilogie

2011-03-11T17:03:00.004+01:00

giallo

giallo bis

il gioco del rovescio

This is radio trash

2011-03-07T23:23:00.004+01:00

The Associates "love hangover"

David Gamson "no turn on red"

Comateens "get off my case (dub)"

And i was there...

2011-03-02T20:57:00.004+01:00

Of course, at that time (1991) Dinosaur Jr. was quite famous and cultish. I was there with all my friends just in front of the scene.

First came Davy Jones Locker, sort of french (fine) answer to the american (noise) music of the grunge movement and, most especially, Mudhoney.

Then, it was the turn of Jay Mascis and his posse (of just three). They made a very fine concert. I quite renember well the scene decorated with funny plushs and some more funny cow-lights.

Most of all, i renember Jay Mascis singing (?) with his long hair in the mouth and swing his guitar around him like a hula hoop making it WRAAAAAAAAAOUUUUUWAAAAAAHHHH !!!

Childish

2011-02-26T13:48:00.005+01:00

Steve Hackett "carry on up the vicarage"

The Brain "nightmares in red"

Iloustrious

2011-02-23T13:57:00.004+01:00

Ilous "les yeux fermés"

Ilous & Decuyper "l'élu"

Ilous "cantique"

Traffic light rocker

2011-02-19T12:42:00.003+01:00

Traffic "house for everyone"

Dave Mason "shouldn't have took more than you gave"

Traffic "cryin' to be heard"

St. Valentine's day mix

2011-02-14T12:44:00.003+01:00

rouge coeur

DJ Elmoe "whea yo ghost at, whea yo dead man"
James Blake "CMYK"
Shigeto "unrelentless drag - Mike Slott remix"
The Trees Community "psalm 46"
Sin Fang Bous "carry me up to smell pine"
Panda Bear "take pills"
Lone "Karen loves Kate"
Magick Moutain "one for my ego - Holy Other remix"
Nosaj Thing "caves - Teebs remix"
Balam Acab "regret making mistakes"
Bobb Trimble "paralysed"
D'Eon "kill a man with a joystick in your hand"
The Ballroom "sun arise"
These New Puritans "white chords - Mordant Music remix"
J.K. & Co "fly"
Gandalf "me about you"
Thieves Like Us "lady"
Teen Daze "cold house"
Wild Beasts "hooting and howling - Forest Swords rework"

Motors way

2011-02-10T11:42:00.004+01:00

Christophe "voix sans issue"

Léonie "Mozart"

Bahamas "Oscar Chesterfield"

Alain Kan "Nadine, Jimmy et moi"

The proggy side of things

2011-02-08T14:08:00.005+01:00

Rustie "dragonfly"

AFX "arched maid via RDJ"

And i was there...

2011-02-02T14:00:00.004+01:00

This one was a really, really, really good memory... We were mostly 60 in the tiny Espace Ornano (r.i.p.), a rare place in Paris where you can see all the english indie bands of the time (and also a few american ones).

First came Edsel Auctioneer. Renember them ? No ? No problem, nobody does. They were sort of a third rate noisy pop band with a miserable singer who can't manage to sing correctly.

Second band was The Becketts. I was quite fan at that time of their "lust" mini-lp. They seem to be an english answer to the Pixies. They came in France with their grungy-hairy posse... and they put the place in fire ! As all english people in France, they drink bottles of wine, as if it was pint of beers, during all the set, never stop stage-diving and shouting. Very funny... I renember they were quite admirative of the long blonde hair of Philippe, one of my friend from "the guys of the front row" (see my post on first semptember 2010).

As they were always diving from the stage and make some pogo dancing, i manage to keep safe my glasses (i wore glasses at that time) providing it to be broken and finish the set seeing nothing and skaking hands, laughing with the Becketts posse all making a rugby mêlé on stage. The band was good that night and they throw us badges (i wore one of them proudly during a certain time).

How can Teenage Fanclub could be better then ? They made it, mostly with the help of their drummer Brendan O'Hare. Really funny guy ! I don't renember if it's during this gig that the guy came on stage with a baguette. But, i'm quite sure it was at this one that he stopped playing during one tune and came in the front row to shake hands with us and the Becketts possee (and made some smurf moves before rejoining his band and finish the tune beside his drums !).

The Fannies had made "catholic education" and in a few months they would become one of the greatest english band of the time with "bandwagonesque". So, also for that purpose, this gig is espacially mythical for me and, i'm sure, for the few peoples who had the chance to be there.

2011-01-30T20:58:00.003+01:00

Eric Burdon & the Animals "the black plague"

Pearls Before Swine "the Riegal"

Sallyangie "love in ice crystals"

Middle east sounds (of London)

2011-01-24T14:50:00.003+01:00

Badawi "el topo"

Ikonika "Sahara Michael"

Band of brothers

2011-01-23T15:21:00.004+01:00

The Beach Boys "forever"

The Beach Boys "'til i die"

The Beach Boys "leaving this town"

The Adams family

2011-01-21T20:08:00.004+01:00

Sandy's Gang "hungry (Sean P. edit)"

The Universal Robot Band "you're my music"

Musique "summer love"

Un Battisto, des Battisti

2011-01-11T23:54:00.004+01:00

Lucio Battisti "e penso a te"

Lucio Battisti "le allettanti promesse"

Lucio Battisti "due mondi"

Lucio Battisti "7 agosto di pomeriggio, fra le lamiere roventi di un cimitero di automobili solo io, silenzioso eppure straordinariamente vivo"

New FacesBook of 2010

2011-01-08T14:33:00.003+01:00

Balam Acab "big boy"

Forest Swords "glory gongs"

Burial / Four Tet "moth - Forest Swords rework"

And i was there...

2011-01-07T17:31:00.002+01:00

THIS WAS F**** HORRIBLE !!!

O.K., Bill Callahan is such a revered artist, top indie credibility, but this gig was like seeing an autist making some blblblblblblbl with his mouth (no offence).

For the posterity, i would say it was that night i decided to be fun and disco.

Heady

2010-12-30T10:36:00.004+01:00

Maxxi & Zeus "american dreamer"

Shackleton "man on a string part 1 and 2"

My man Harvey

2010-12-29T12:10:00.003+01:00

Locussolus "throwdown"

Black Cock "cosmic"

Fuzz Against Junk "born under punches - Harvey's punch drunk mix"

Fly baby fly

2010-12-23T11:11:00.004+01:00

Health "USA boys"

Radiohead "reckoner - Johnny Miller remix"

Winter mix

2010-12-21T12:40:00.005+01:00

rose flocon

Mahjongg "free grooverider - Dub Narcotic selector remix"
Zomby "ayo spliff dub"
Various Production "pintman"
Major Lazer "baby - Switch remix"
Various Production "phortune"
Amerie "that's what UR - instrumental"
Kelly Rowland "like this"
Various Production "13"
Martha & the Muffins "these dangerous machines"
Mystery Slang "the dark archer"
Kode9 and the Spaceape "backward"
A Mountain Of One "bones - House of House remix"
Romanthony "the wanderer - Dixon edit"
Underground Resistance "transition"
Sally Shapiro "i know you are my love - Juan Mclean remix"
Jessie Evans "let me on"
Bullion "say goodbye to what"
The Week That Was "learn to learn - Razmataz remix"
Dizzee Rascal & Armand Van Helden "bonkers"
Wiley "wearing my rolex"

Oranges & lemon

2010-12-16T16:47:00.004+01:00

The Orange Seaweed "stay a while"

The Orange Machine "real life permanent dream"

The Lemon Tree "William Chalker's time machine"

(Ed) Ball of confusion

2010-12-08T16:34:00.005+01:00

The Times "picture gallery"

Love Corporation "palatial II - Danny Rampling remix"

'O' Level "we love Malcolm"

The Times "aurore boréale"

The politics of undancing

2010-12-05T16:02:00.004+01:00

Mike Slott "flunky"

Airhead & James Blake "pembroke"

The Virgin Passages "i want you to sleep - Various Production remix"

And i was there...

2010-12-03T12:37:00.002+01:00

Of course, this was during the "loveless tour"

Olympia is a great and mythic concert hall in Paris. So, the wall of noise produced by MBV was the more efficient here.

They finish their set with (you bet it) "you made me realise". A few minutes of chaotic noise which seems to last hours, or to be on the tarmac of Orly airport with all the planes taking off above your head at the same time.

Bobby's disco party

2010-11-27T14:01:00.004+01:00

Bobby Conn "no revolution"

Bobby Conn and the Burglars "government (super maxi mix)"

Bobby Conn "never get ahead"

Italian technology III

2010-11-25T00:04:00.004+01:00

Paradise Orchestra "satisfy your dream (club mix)"

Charlie "spacer woman"

Armistice mix

2010-11-11T12:00:00.004+01:00

vert chasseur

Soft Rocks "black magic"
Ghost Note "holy jungle"
Jim Morrison "ghost song"
Sky "desperate for your love"
Wolfmother "white feather - Tiedy remix"
Michael Heart "some girls"
Holzer & Kamura "pure love"
Lighthouse "love of a woman"
Titanic "Santa Fe"
Makonde "soseme makonde"
Lamont Dozier "going back to my roots"
Osborne "Afrika - Bullion remix"
Amadou & Mariam "ce n'est pas bon - Bullion remix"
Hot RS "slow blow - Prins Thomas assquake edit"
African Head Charge "chant for the spirits"
Greg Hale Jones "she began to lie"
Woolfy vs. Projections "return of starlight - I.C.P. remix"
Invisible Conga People "cable dazed"
Neon Indian "sleep paralysist"

You know this

2010-11-08T14:32:00.005+01:00

The Human League "don't you want me (special extended dance version)"

Lipps, Inc. "how long"

Dude, you're pushing the knobs too far !

2010-11-06T14:20:00.003+01:00

Erotic Drum Band "love disco style"

T-Connection "disco magic"

Soul of the city

2010-11-03T22:38:00.003+01:00

LV "turn away"

Cooly G "weekend fly"

And i was there...

2010-11-01T22:21:00.004+01:00

This was from a trip in Scotland during summer holidays. The band had just only one album out.

The gig was quite good, and the scots in the crowd seem to wonder what this two fookin' froggies were doing here.

Unfortunatly, me and my friend had to leave before the end of the gig, because we were staying in a youth hostel, to avoid sleeping in a park with squirrels.

As far as i renembered, the support band was Sugar... wich was not bad either.

Epic disco II

2010-10-29T14:30:00.005+02:00

Love Symphony Orchestra "let me be your fantasy"

Michael Campbell & High Volt "we are making music"

More jazz flute !

2010-10-28T14:19:00.004+02:00

Wanda Robinson "a possibility (back home)"

Brick "dusic"

Frosty weather mix

2010-10-21T19:25:00.007+02:00

jaune citron givré

Susan Christie "yesterday, where's my mind ?"
Rare Earth "i know i'm losing you"
Underground Resistance "rhythm of infinity"
Bloc Party "where is home ? - Burial mix"
Pictureplane "true ruin light body"
Flying Lotus "do the astral plane"
Brennan Green "bunko"
Mark E "scared'
King Sunny Ade & his African Beats "ja fun mi - waka version"
Findlay Brown "teardrops in the rain - Stallion remix"
Rekid "diamond black"
Norah Jones "sunrise - Radioslave remix"
Lady June "tunion"
Nacho Patrol "futuristic Abbis Abeba"
Reverso 68 "Tokyo disco (part one)"
Subway "xam"

Pop parade

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Time Machine "letter lady"

Punch "idylle à London"

Dynastie Crisis "Jesahel"

Triangle "peut-être demain"